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NCAA March Madness

March Madness has more than arrived.  With Championship week almost complete, the selection comittee for the NCAA tournament has a list of teams who have clinched a spot and several teams to consider for the tournament.

The Sports section here at the Vox is going to do our best to cover the selection process tomorrow afternoon (3 pm on CBS) and the day to day happenings of the tournament here on the Vox Box blog.

For now I've listed teams who have clinched a spot by winning their conference tournament.

Let me know which bubble teams you think are in, and which are out during the selection proccess tomorrow.  Also, who are the number one seeds going to be in the tournament?  Finally, what seed have the Gonzaga Bulldogs earned for themself?

Automatic Bids:

  • ACC: Duke
  • America East:  Binghamton
  • A10:  Temple
  • Atlantic Sun:  East Tennessee St.
  • Big 12:  Missouri
  • Big East:  Louisville
  • Big Sky:  Portland State
  • Big South:  Radford
  • Big Ten:  Purdue
  • Big West:  Cal State Northridge
  • Colonial:  Virginia Commonwealth
  • USA:  Memphis
  • Horizon:  Cleveland St.
  • Ivy:  Cornell
  • MAAC:  Siena
  • MAC:  Akron
  • MEAC:  Morgan St.
  • Missouri Valley:  Northern Iowa
  • Mountain West:  Utah
  • NEC:  Robert Morris
  • Ohio Valley:  Morehead St.
  • Pac-10:  USC
  • Patriot:  American
  • SEC:  Misssissippi St.
  • Southern:  Chattanooga
  • Southland:  Stephen F. Austin
  • Summit:  North Dakota St.
  • Sun Belt:  Western Kentucky
  • SWAC:  Alabama St.
  • WCC:  Gonzaga
  • WAC:  Utah St.


In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.